2023 Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Washington

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Spokane Falls Community College

Spokane, Washington

40 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Washington

$5,135 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Spokane Falls Community College to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a associate degree in Washington. Spokane Falls Community College is a public institution located in Spokane, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 40 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Spokane Falls Community College are $5,135 a year. On average, associate degree students take out $17,225 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Spokane Falls Community College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

Spokane Falls Community College also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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#2

Clark College

Vancouver, Washington

17 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Washington

$10,133 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clark College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Washington list. Clark College is a medium-sized public school located in Vancouver, Washington that handed out 17 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clark College are $10,133 per year. On average, associate degree students take out $16,435 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Clark College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Clark College also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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